Photograph and the like



J. DENKHOFF PHOTOGRAPH AND THE LIKE Jan. 8, 1924. 1,480,198

Filed April 26. 1922 ATTOR Patented Jan. 8, 1924,

PHOTOGRAPH AND THE LIKE.

Application filed April 26, 1922. Serial Ito-556,631.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJosrrnmn-Dnnknorr, a citizen of the United States, andresident of Sausalito, county of'Marin, and State of California, haveinvented a new'and useful Improvement in Photographs and the like, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to photographs and the like andhas'reference more 1 particularly to an improved means of mounting aphotograph picture or the like to give the same an attractive and novelappearance.

The invention will be readily understood upon referrin to theaccompanyin drawing in which igure 1 is a view in e evation of thephotograph as completed; Figure 2 is a view in elevation of thephotograph just 7 before it'has been finished; Figure 3 is a view inelevation of the back of the photograph as completed; Figure 4 is acrosssection of the photograph after the same has been pasted toa-smtable; backing; Figure 5 is a similar section after the photographhas 2 been treated 'to raise the same in relief and Figure 6 is across-section through the finished photograph.

Referring now to the drawing in detail I first take a photograph pictureor the like such as (1) and paste the same on a suitable backing (2)ofp'liable metal, such as tin foil or the like. I then take a stylus orother.

instrument and raise the area of the likeness in relief .by applyingpressure with the stylus or instrument to the backing following closelythe outlines of the likeness. and applying a greater pressure to placeswhere I waiit the likeness to be more prominently displayed in relief,for instance, the area 40 around the eyes need not stand out asprominently as the area arourrd the cheeks, nose and chin. In any event;the likeness as stated is brought out in relief as best shown in Figure5, where the portion (B) of the back- 4 ing is pressed in and theportion (A) of the likeness stands out.. 1 p 4 In connection withproducing the likeness in relief I will refer to my co-pendingapplication Serial No. 556,630 filed as of even date. In this particularcase I propose to use thesame method for raising the likeness in reliefbut after this has been accomplished I remove the backing (2) fromaround the likeness and cut away the paper material on which thelikeness is printed as best shown in Figure 2 and leave a margin such asI then fill the hollows in the raised likeness with a readily moldablematerial (D) (see Figure 6). This material may be parafiin or acomposition that will 'not melt at ordinary warm temperatures and afterthe'niaterial has been poured into moldable material may be tinted tocorrespend to the coloring of that part of the photograph adjacent thesame.

' claim:

The herein described method of producing photographs and the like inrelief, which consists in placingth'e-photograph upon a .pliablebacking, usin a stylus to apply pressure to the area of t e backingcorresponding to the area of the likeness on the photographt so as tocause the likeness to stand out in relief and thereafter filling in thehollow of the likeness with moldable material cutting away thephotograph to leave a margin around the likeness and folding said marginback over the molding material.

JOSEPHINE DENKHOFF. l

